Table of Contents

List of Key Acronyms Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Agents of Necessity": Weatherman, the Red Army Faction, and the Turn to Violence 2. The Importance of Being Militant: The Days of Rage and Their Critics 3. "Hearts and Minds": The Antiwar Movement, Violence, and the Critical Mass 4. The Excesses and Limits of Revolutionary Violence 5. Deadly Abstraction: The Red Army Faction and the Politics of Murder 6. "Democratic Intolerance": The Red Army Faction and the West German State Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index

About the Author

Jeremy Varon is Assistant Professor of History at Drew University.